For each student, CET’s goal is a permanent, unsubsidized job with benefits and growth potential. CET’s unique mode of job training involves an integration of skill training, basic skills instruction (including VESL), human development, job preparation and job placement assistance, conducted in a simulated work setting.

In order to assist our students in attaining this goal, there are four very distinct aspects to how CET operates.

1.Training. Training is accessible, flexible, timely, affordable, hands-on, highly individualized and self-paced. CET does not conduct testing as a pre-requisite to entry, and allows individuals open-entry and open-exit depending on the students’ progress. We offer over 4 skill-training options, which are determined by industry and economic demand in the Southwest Riverside area.

2.Support. Life skills instruction, workplace simulation, human development, and supportive services. This essential aspect of our CET model sets us apart from many vocational training institutes as we make our resources available to assist our students in eliminating barriers to success and fully preparing them to transition into the workplace.

3.Industry Partnerships. Our curriculum is carefully developed in partnership with local industry employers in the form of local Industrial Advisory Boards and Technical Advisory Committees. With the input from these employer advisors, CET training programs are kept abreast of technological advancements and of the current requirements of industry for entry-level positions in each industry.

4.Job Placement. CET-Temecula Staff and Instructors work closely with employer recruiters and human resources representatives to match job-ready students to employer needs.

CET’s Contextual Learning Model is widely recognized as one of the most effective holistic training models in the nation.

CET-Temecula operate year-round and feature an open-entry, open-exit, variable course length format. There are no fixed semesters or quarters. Course instruction is conducted in a highly individualized, non-competitive environment.

CET is a non-profit 501(c)(3) vocational school

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